Now here’s a web directory that has a new kind of concept that aims to showcase the best and most popular websites on the Internet. Sites are not ranked by traffic or Google PageRank but by the bid for placement dollars contributed to the listing. The obvious benefit from such a ranking system is getting indication of site’s traffic quality. It is an attraction point for advertisers to come and search for potential publishers.

Interested websites have only to pay a low one-time fee of USD$29.90. After that, anyone can add to the contribution to increase the ranking of a website. Note that listings are sorted by bid amount. If it’s high in ranking, it’s high in price.

Currently, there are 48 categories covered. From advertising to sports to travel and wedding, you can find it there. The top 10 sites are found at the front page, whereas the categories will show the top 20 of the page. If you can find a site over at BigWebLinks that you really enjoy surfing and have a dollar to spare, why not show some love and help promote it. I would, if only Blizzard Entertainment was in there. =P

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Think of a MySpace or Friendster for geeks and you will get Sci-Edge. The intention to bring down the general scale to a science specific category benefits people of similar interests in many ways.

Above is a screenshot of how the main dashboard looks like. Users get to list down their all their favourite stuff such as movies, sites, bookmarks or even science events that are interesting.

When an user signs in he/she will automatically enter the ‘Admin’ view. That’s where the user get an overview of the entire account. Other preferences like the photo album, private messages, skins, wish lists, reminders, friends’ list and groups are located here. They even have a button for users to block other users annoying to them.

What are the benefits of sharing?

By sharing knowledge and information, everyone helps each other. This act will certainly promote a healthy environment of growth.

Like for example, if bloggers hadn’t share their knowledge about things they write about in their blog, surely it doesn’t help either one of us. Imagine life without ProBlogger, the ultimate guide for bloggers of all walks. No one would have grown past the blogging-about-daily-lives stage into blogging as a full time job.

As the saying goes, ‘The purpose of relationships is not happiness, but transformation’.

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Science oriented social networking site